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Re: What a $600,000 Boo Boo Looks Like.

Re: What a $600,000 Boo Boo Looks Like.

Originally Posted by sebee

Im not sure what Im looking at? What happened?

The dent in the cone, that particular part is stainless steel and it usually cost around half million dollars.

My grandpa used to work in a plant in detroit mcpherson i think not sure, but he worked on fighter jets. He brought home a screwed up one and made a bird bath out of it. Back then that cone was 1,000,000 dollars to produce, so he would joke about having a million dollar bird bath.

Re: What a $600,000 Boo Boo Looks Like.

I'm sorry, it is a dent on the intake cowl of the planes engine, it was hit by a piece of GSE (ground support equipment) but no one knows where (very big deal) It has to be replaced before it can fly again as it disrupts the airflow into the engine. The new cowl costs just under 600,000 buckaroos + the labor to replace it. Doesn't happen often (around here anyway) so I posted pictures.

Re: What a $600,000 Boo Boo Looks Like.

Re: What a $600,000 Boo Boo Looks Like.

Thats a pretty common Oops! I have probalby changed 15-20 due to some ramper knothead running into it or the plane in my past 20 years. Keeps me employed!!!! Plus I get to sometimes cut a hole in a perfectly good plane to patch it!!!! Duct tape,bondo and dry ice wont work, nice try! I have a pic of a baggage cart ingested by the engine. Way over $1mil! I'll try to find it!